Collar-turning machine.



W. A. BARNETT.

COLLAR TURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. um.

1,273,807. Patented July 30, 1918.

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W. A. BARNETT.

COLLAR TURNING MACHINE.

APPLICATION mm MAYB. 19H.

1 373,807. PatentedJuly 30, 1918.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM A. BARNETT, or LINCOLN, NEBRASKA.

COLLAR-TURNING MA HINE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM A; BARNETT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lincoln, in the county of Lancaster, State of Nebraska, have invented certain'new and useful Improvements in Collar-Turning Ma chines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention," such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appertains to make and use the same. 7

This invention is an improvement in apparel apparatus and has particular reference to a collar turning machine. v

In the manufacture'of collars, particularly of the so called turn-down type, it is customary to first stitch one of the longitudinal edges-and theends of the several plies ofa section of the collarand then reverse or turn the plies inside out so that said longitudinal edges will be positioned between the two innermost plies.

The present-inventionis designed to facilitate the reversing operationv and, to this end, use is made ofa stationary "collar supporting member upon which the section of the collar, after the same has been stitched, is mountedand which has associated therewith a second collar supporting member adjustable 110.3 position contiguous to'a portion of the :section of the collaron the stationary member, :so that by pulling on said section toward. said adjustable membersaid section is drawn over said adjustable memj p 1 to that to which the;bracketsl3 .are secured, and-, 'dependingv through the upport .111. a pair ofbrackets 21 connected at their lower her and thereby 'reversed. I

The inventiveidea involved is'capable of sions, one ofwhich,for the purpose of illustratingthe'invention, is shown in the accompanying-drawing, whereinz- Figure 1' 's a side elevation showing the 25 WhlCll; has plvotally mounted thereon the machine attached to a support with the coloperative position. a.

lar supporting members inoperative po-'- Fig. 5' is a section o'n the line 55 of" Fig. 4. I

Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section .on the line 66 ofFig. 3. f I

' lieved to be a preferred form of the inven tion which comprises anelongated rectan- Specification'of Ietters lPatent.

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At a point a considerable distance from brackets'or bearings 13 between Whioh'is disposed the lower end of a stationary collar supporting member '14 preferably in the form ofan elongated arm curved inwardly toward the opposite end of the base plate and tapered to a point at itsfree end as'inthe bracketsfl3', the base 10'is provided with a longitudinallyiextending: slot or opening 7 16 registering with-a similar'openin'g I'Z in the support 11 and having. secured to the top thereof on each side of said opening the bearings '18 which have pivotally-"mounted :therebetween the lower end of thefadjust able collar supporting memberol9. The said "lower end ofthis member/extends downwardly through the openings 16'and; 17 to a point below'the support-llandthe upper portion of said member is also curved in ;a

somewhat similar .inanner; to the member" 14 and. has its free end taperedto a point as indicated at 20 so that-:when, the; members 14 and 19 are in their operative positions,

as shown in Fig;v 2, the-pointsxl5 and 20 will becontiguous to each other for a purpose which willappearin thecourse ofthe description. r

e The base plate 10 hassecured to the under side thereof, adjacent. the endopposite ends b a locking pin 22 rwhich provides a V pivot or the .oppositely disp'osed plates tapered as indicated at 2 l at adjacent ends,-

thereof and connected .at. said ends by a pin upper end of a link connection 26 the lower end of which is pivotally connectedto. one j-lend-of a foottreadle '27, pivotally, mounted between its endsin brackets 28.andsecured itothe 'fioor, beneath the support 11,: The 1 plates 23 are further provided-with a pivot pin 29 positioned [at .a point interm diate 'the' pivots 22 and? 25 and having; connected thereto one end of an actuating rod 30,,pro-

- vided with a notch-.31 adjacent said end The drawing illustrates what is now beu w-when the parts are in the-position shown ;in

*Fig. 2;'whereby said rod willberlocked in its adapted --to receive therein thepivot pin 25 Patented Julyso, 191's.

Application filed May 9, 19 17. 7 Serial No. 167,568. I

adjusted position. The other end of the rod 30 is screw threaded and mounted in a coupling 32 pivoted to the lower end of the adjustable collar supporting member 19 as indicated at 83. It will thus be apparent from this description that the member or arm 19 is locked in its adjusted or operative position as shown in Fig. 2.

By depressing the heel end of the treadle 27 the connecting link 26 will be forced upwardly and impart a similar motion to the tapered ends 24: of the plates 23 and thus rock said plates about the pin 22 as a fulcrum whereupon the adjacent end of the rod 30 will be lifted and the notch 31 thereof disengaged from said pin so that said parts will be adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 1. Upon the release of the rod 30 the arm 19 is swung to it's inoperative position shown in Fig. 1 by means of a coil spring 34" one end of which is secured to the lower end of said member at 85, while the other end thereof is connected to the under side of the base plate 10 at 36 and in order to cushion the contact between said member 19, and the base plate 10 the latter is provided with a buffer 37. It will be obvious that by depressing the foot treadle 27 in the opposite direction from that described above, the parts will again be returned to the position shown in Fig. 2 against the tension of the spring 34:.

In practice, when it is desired to reverse the plies of a section of a collar after certain edges thereof have been stitched, the said section is mounted upon the point 15 of the stationary member 14L with said point located between the two innermost plies and preferably engaged at the corners thereof, as shown in dotted lines. The foot treadle 27 is then operated to swing the member- 19 to the position shown in Fig. 2 whereupon the point 20 thereof will contact or be positionedin very close proximity to the portion of the section of the collar engaged by the point 15, and the member 19 will be locked in this position'by engagement of the pin ;22 in the notch 31. The operator can thus grasp the plies of the collar section and draw or pull the same over the point 20 of said member 19 and in so doing the plies will be reversed and the seam or stitching thereof will then be positioned between the two innermost plies. The foot treadle is then operated oppositely to release the lock and the support 19 is moved away from the support 14: by the spring 3 and is rocked down to bring its point 20 below the plane of the point 15 so as not to interfere with the engagement of a collar with the latter.

What is claimed is V 1 A garment turning machine, the com bination' with a garment supporting member, of a member movable into and out of position to receive the garment from the supporting member and a combined moving, locking and unlocking means operably connected with the movable member.

2. A garment turning machine including a base, a stationary and curved garment supporting arm having one end secured to said a base, an adjustable curved garment supportsupporting arm having one end secured to said base, an ad ustable curved garment supporting arm pivoted to said base and having one end arranged in close proximity to the free end of the stationary arm when said adjustable arm is in operative position, and a spring connected to said adjustable arm for adjusting the same to inoperative'position.

f. A garment turning machine including a base, a stationary and curved garment supporting arm having one end secured to I said base, an adjustable curved garment supporting arm pivoted to said base and having one end arranged in close proximity to the free end of the. stationary arm when said adjustable arm is in operative position, and means, for releasablylocking said adjustable arm in operative position. 1 p 5. In a garment turning machine, the combination with a garment supporting member, of a member movable into and out of position to receive a garment from the supporting member,- and means connected with the movable memberfor initially moving the movable member into position to receive a garment from the supporting member and'for locking the movable member in such position subsequent to the movement of the movable means through dead center relative to the resistance of the movable' member.

6. A garment turning machine, including a stationary garment supporting member upon which a section of the garment is mounted, a pivoted garment supporting member movable toward and away from a portion of the first named supporting member whereby said section of the garment may be drawn over the pivoted supporting mem ber to reverse the same, means including a foot operated treadle for adjusting the pivoted supporting member to operative position, and means for releasably locking said pivoted supporting member in operative position.

7. A garment turning machine including a garment supporting arm, a second garment supporting arm movable toward andaway from the first mentioned arm, means for moving the second mentioned arm away from the first mentioned arm, and means for moving the second mentioned arm toward the first mentioned arm and for locking the second mentioned arm against movement by the first mentioned moving means.

8. In a garment turning machine, the combination with a garment supporting member, of a member movable into and out of position to receive a garment from the supporting member, and means connected with the movable member for initially moving the movable member into position to receive a garment from the supporting member and for locking the movable member in such position subsequent to the movement of the movable means through dead center relative to the resistance of the movable member, said means being also constructed and arranged for operation to release the movable member to permit it to be moved out of its locked position.

9. A garment turning machine including a movable garment supporting arm, means for holding the movable arm yieldably against movement m one d1rect1on, means for moving the arm against the action of the holding means and for looking it against the action of the holding means, said moving means being also operable to unlock the arm to permit it to be moved by the yieldable holding means. 7

10. In a garment turning machine, the combination With a movable member, of means shiftable in one direction to initially move the movable member and to subsequently lock the movable member against movement on said means passing dead center relative to the resistance of the movable member, said means being shiftable in the opposite direction to unlock the movable member. v

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM A. BARNETT. Witnesses:

F. JOWENAT, J. B. BARNES.

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